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Yonhap News AgencyMay 22, 2013 02:01
By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will deploy 200 indigenous Surion light utility helicopters by 2020 to replace its aging fleet of choppers, the Army said Wednesday. The Defense Acquisition and Procurement Agency (DAPA) launched a project to build a two-engine transport utility helicopter in 2006 to replace the Army's UH-1H attack helicopters and 500MD light helicopters, which have been in service for decades.

EADS says Pentagon ending helicopter program

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 18:32
The US Defense Department has decided to stop buying EADS Lakota helicopters for the Army next year, according to the head of the European aerospace's US-based unit. "The Lakota is built by a highly skilled workforce, more than half of which are military veterans, at my company's Columbus, Mississippi, helicopter production facility," Sean O'Keefe, chairman and chief executive of EADS North America, said in an opinion article on the Defense News website.

Opposition says presidential chopper plan highlights broken procurement system

The Canadian PressMay 6, 2013 19:15
OTTAWA - Both federal opposition parties say a proposal to convert former U.S. presidential helicopters into search and rescue choppers highlights Canada's badly broken military procurement system. Defence Minister Peter MacKay recently ordered National Defence to take another look at whether some of its nine VH-71 aircraft — purchased from the U.S. for spare parts — can be made fully operational. The aircraft were bought for $164 million to help keep Canada's fleet of often-broken CH-149 Cormorant rescue choppers in the air.

MacKay orders RCAF to take another look at used U.S. presidential choppers

The Canadian PressMay 5, 2013 17:30
OTTAWA - Some helicopters from U.S. President Barack Obama's cast-off fleet may yet find their way into the service of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Canadian Press has learned Defence Minister Peter MacKay recently ordered National Defence to take another look at whether some of the nine VH-71 aircraft — purchased for spare parts to keep this country's search-and-rescue choppers flying — can be made fully operational.

South Korea to buy $1.6 billion worth of Boeing helicopters

April 17, 2013 09:31
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it would buy attack helicopters worth 1.8 trillion won (1 billion pounds) from Boeing Co. <BA.N> to improve its ability to respond to threats from North Korea. The decision to buy the new helicopters was initiated before tension between North and South Korea rose sharply after North Korea's third nuclear test in February.

S. Korea to buy Apache Guardian helicopters

April 17, 2013 06:31
South Korea said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy a fleet of US Apache attack helicopters in a deal with reported to be worth $1.5 billion, at a time of heightened tensions with the North. The Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) said it would acquire 36 of the AH-64E Apache Guardian choppers from Boeing over a three-year period from 2016. The DAPA said the chopper has the ability to destroy tanks and armoured vehicles, it said, adding that it would strengthen the South's defences against provocation from the North.

South Korea to buy $1.6 billion worth of Boeing helicopters

April 17, 2013 06:30
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it would buy attack helicopters worth 1.8 billion won (1.0 billion pounds) from Boeing Co. <BA.N> to improve its ability to respond to threats from North Korea. The decision to buy the new helicopters was initiated before tension between North and South Korea rose sharply after North Korea's third nuclear test in February.

US military Black Hawk crashes near N. Korea border

April 16, 2013 01:30
A US military helicopter crashed Tuesday near the North Korean border, a South Korean defence official said, with no reported casualties. The helicopter, identified by the Yonhap news agency as a UH-60 Black Hawk, came down in Cheolwon county, which touches on the border with North Korea, a defence ministry spokesman told AFP. lim/gh/jah

PN to develop ASW capability

April 15, 2013 14:04
In line with its efforts to develop its deterrent capability, the Philippine Navy (PN) announced that it is developing its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability. Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Fabic, Navy spokesperson, said that this program is one of the PN's long-term undertakings. ASW refers to the capability to detect, locate and if necessary, destroy submarines found intruding in the country's territorial waters. "We have plans for (developing) an ASW capability but it is still in the long-term plans. This is part of the PN's 'Active Archipelagic Defense Strategy'.

Taiwan grounds rescue choppers after door hits school

April 15, 2013 04:45
Taiwan on Monday grounded its fleet of rescue helicopters for safety checks after a door fell from one of the Vietnam-war era aircraft during a flight and crashed into a school. No one was injured during the incident, which occurred earlier on Monday when the 38-year-old Huey UH-1H utility helicopter was flying over Taipei during a rescue training mission, the National Airborne Service Corps said. As a result of the incident, all 19 of the island's UH-1Hs would undergo safety checks.
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